Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Unnatural (The X-Files)/archive2


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by User:GrahamColm 10:03, 25 November 2013 (UTC).

The Unnatural (The X-Files)

 * Nominator(s): Gen. Quon   (Talk)   14:53, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

This is one of The X-Files more unusual episodes, featuring an baseball-loving alien. It, however, is also one of the series' more poignant episodes. I am nominating this for featured article because I feel it is ready for FA. It was promoted to GA in the late part of 2011, then promoted to A-class in the later part of 2012. It has been edited multiple times since then, and has been copy-edited twice, once by Baffle_gab1978 and once by JudyCS, both within the last year or so. All of the references are of the highest quality, its format is similar to other X-Files episodes that have been promoted to FA, and the prose is neutral, informative, and of good quality. I feel it is ready. Any comments would of course be appreciated. This article was just nominated a few weeks ago, but the discussion closed due to lack of comments. I'm hoping this time, we can get some more comments! I'd like to note that in the previous consideration, the article underwent an image review, if that helps at all!-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   14:53, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Image review by Cirt

 * Image review: File:David Duchovny 2011 Shankbone.JPG = hosted on Wikimedia Commons, checks out okay. File:DarrenMcGavin Crop.jpg = moved to Wikimedia Commons looks good. File:M Emmet Walsh at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg = image hosted on Wikimedia Commons, checks out alright. File:MoH&H title.jpg = please add date to date field. File:Chris Carter (July 2008).jpg = image on Commons, image checks out okay. File:GillianAndersonByIdoCarmelWonderCon2008.jpg = image on Commons, image checks out alright. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:40, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The "MoH&H title.jpg" has "1790" under the "date" field. Does it need to go somewhere else, too?-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   15:43, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Comments by Cirt (addressed)

 * Addressed comments by Cirt moved to talk page, by Cirt. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:43, 10 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Support. Thanks for being so responsive to my comments. Good luck with the rest of the FAC, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:43, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Comments by WWB Too (addressed)

 * Support—I responded to a previous nomination of this article, leaving a number of comments, and editor Gen. Quon was able to address my concerns. Overall, I think this article is very strong and support the nomination as a Featured Article. WWB Too (Talk &middot; COI) 18:56, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Source review - spotchecks not done
 * Order of final sections is incorrect per WP:LAYOUT
 * Fixed.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * FN1: why the duplication?
 * FN4: page formatting
 * Fixed.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * FN11: section and chapter title shouldn't be italicized
 * How does it look now?.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Compare publisher in FNs 1 and 11
 * FN20: this is in no way an appropriate source to support that material
 * Removed.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * FN23: AP is agency not author
 * Fixed.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Be consistent in how newspaper publishers are formatted
 * Fixed.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't mix templated and untemplated citations of the same type
 * Fixed, I believe.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * FN26: formatting
 * Fixed.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Check alphabetization of References
 * Fixed.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Given that CreateSpace is a self-publishing company, what makes Fraga a high-quality reliable source?
 * While it is true that it is self-published, Fraga secured permission from Fox to make the book. Furthermore, the book contains interviews with the cast and crew of the series, as well as a foreward by executive producer Frank Spotnitz. In addition, Spotnitz has placed a link of his webpage (under 'Links') about the book, and has published regular updates concerning it under his 'mailbag' feature (see here). Matt Hurwitz, who wrote the Behind the Series, Myths, and Movies book, also recommended Fraga's book; that's where I heard about it. He has noted that the info is correct and "top notch", here. This has been brought up in other FANs, and each time group consensus is that the source is acceptable.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Be consistent in whether you include locations for books. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:55, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed. How do all the issues look now?-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   21:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for commenting. How do these changes look?-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   17:25, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * They look good. I made a few more tweaks but am now happy to support.  Ruby  2010/  2013  18:01, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Support: I'm more than happy with the changes now, and I've switched to support. I would still suggest getting another editor to cast an eye over the prose. But credit to the nominator for putting up with me and for working so quickly to improve the article. Sarastro1 (talk) 18:44, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Graham Colm (talk) 18:37, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.